Page 4 - Steel Sector

This SME company stock has zoomed 519% in 3 months; declares bonus, split

Rhetan TMT's board has approved stock split from Rs 10 to Re 1 and also approved issue of 11 bonus shares for every 4 equity shares held by the equtiy shareholders as on 'Record Date'.

JSPL sees 'very good reason' to consider RINL, NMDC: MD Bimlendra Jha

State-owned companies marked out for divestment are attractive assets, he says in interview

Tata Steel hits over 3-month high in a weak market; stock up 6% in 4 days

The removal of export duty is a significant relief and a long term positive for the domestic steel sector, according to analyst at ICICI Securities.

Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty Steel nears deal with Credit Suisse, Greensill

Gupta's sprawling group of metals firms, gathered under a loose umbrella called GFG Alliance, were pushed to the brink when Greensill collapsed in March 2021

ArcelorMittal Sep-quarter net income falls over 78% to $993 million

Global steel giant ArcelorMittal on Thursday posted over a 78 per cent fall in its net income to USD 993 million for the September quarter, mainly due to low demand and higher energy costs. The company follows January-December fiscal year. "ArcelorMittal recorded a net income for 3Q 2022 of USD 993 million as compared to a net income for 2Q 2022 of USD 3,923 million, and a net income of USD 4,621 million for 3Q 2021. "Sales in July-September also fell 6 per cent to USD 19 billion, USD 20.2 billion in the year-ago period, impacted primarily due to lower steel shipments," the company said. Total steel shipments in the third quarter stood at 13.36 million tonnes (MT), lower from 14.6 MT a year ago, largely reflecting weaker demand in Europe. Its gross debt increased to USD 9 billion as of September 30, 2022. It was USD 8.2 billion as on September 30, 2021. ArcelorMittal Chief Executive Officer Aditya Mittal said the strong market conditions enjoyed for much of the past two years ...

AMNS India to invest Rs 60,000 crore to expand Hazira plant: Chairman

ArcelorMittal's arm AMNS India will invest Rs 60,000 crore to scale up capacity of its steel plant here to 15 million tonnes (MT), the company's chairman Aditya Mittal said on Friday. The existing capacity of the plant is 9 MT. "We will invest Rs 60,000 crore to increase capacity of our plant to 15 MT," Mittal said after performing the "Bhoomi Pujan" at the plant, which marked the start of the expansion project. The investment will also be for installation of new steel making technologies, setting up new-age machineries and increase product mix, he said. Mittal said a round-the-clock renewable energy source will also be set up to supply green energy to the plant. The investment will create over 60,000 crore job opportunities across the country in various verticals of the company, the chairman said. Mittal is also the CEO of parent company ArcelorMittal which holds 60 per cent equity in AMNS India. In 2019, ArcelorMittal along with Japan's Nippon Steel completed the acquisition o

JSW Steel: Lower costs, prices should boost margins in second half of FY23

Given fair value estimates of Rs 530 to Rs 610, investors need to be cautious about company

Don't see further price correction, says JSW Steel's Seshagiri Rao

Steel prices appear to have reached their bottom and are likely to go up from their current levels if supply adjustments globally are any indication in the sector, a top JSW Steel official said on Sunday. Steel prices fell around 40 per cent to Rs 55,000-57,000 a tonne in the domestic market. The prices had started falling from April-end. I don't foresee further downside in steel prices. Globally, there is a production cut of 62 million tonne. Moreover, 29 per cent of Chinese steel capacity is under bankruptcy. Global supply adjustments and higher Indian steel consumption will help keep prices firm, JSW Joint Managing Director and Group CFO Seshagiri Rao told PTI in an interview. Compared to 2021-22, domestic steel demand will be higher by nine million tonne to 115 million tonne by March this financial year, he said. The World Steel Association forecasts that demand for the metal will contract by 2.3 per cent in 2022 to reach 1,796.7 million tonne, after an increase by 2.8 per cen

AM/NS India eyes $250-300 mn gain from purchase of Essar group infra assets

The port and power assets are primarily captive to AM/NS' Hazira steel plant in Gujarat, will expand firm's footprint and operating efficiencies

ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India joins race to buy Srei group firms

Sources close to the development said whether new participants who were not part of the original list of EOI would be allowed will have to be evaluated

India plans to set up strategic gas reserve amid global energy crisis

Amid a deepening global energy crisis, India is planning to set up a strategic gas reserve on the lines of its strategic petroleum reserve (SPR)

Adani Group to foray into steel sector, eyes RINL bidding in January 2023

After an entry into the cement sector by acquiring Ambuja Cement and ACC, Adani Group is now eyeing the steel sector with a focus on green energy

IIT Bombay, JSW Group sign partnership for steel technology hub

The JSW Technology Hub will also be the nodal point for JSW Group's research activities beyond the steel domain

As China's property crisis deepens, experts see a silver lining for India

The crisis that started with the collapse of real estate giant Evergrande has become worse for China, with several property giants now showing signs of potential loan defaults

Export levy impact: Tata Steel deliveries drop 2% YoY despite higher output

Tata Steel said domestic despatches were up 5% YoY, leveraging a strong marketing network and an agile business model

Consistent trade policy

Ad hoc tariffs and duties must be avoided

Centre reduces import duties on steel, cement: Here's what realtors say

Owing to the surge of property prices, the realty sector has been urging the Centre to take necessary measures that will ease the burden on the developers.

Weak rupee to make imports costly for metal firms, exports may get a push

According to CRISIL Research, India imported close to 57-59 million tonnes of coking coal - a key input for steelmaking - worth Rs 1 trillion in fiscal 2022

Steel prices ease over 10%, coal crisis play havoc on secondary steelmakers

Prices in the long products segment have declined on an average of 10-15 per cent to Rs 57,000 per tonne in Kolkata market from a high of Rs 65,000 a tonne

ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India clocks 16.62% increase in EBITDA

Globally, ArcelorMittal delivered a strong set of numbers despite inflationary pressures and the Ukraine war.